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'''Farming''' is the [[Skills|skill]] associated with planting, growing, and harvesting [[crops]] on your farm, and also the maintenance of [[Animals|livestock]]. It's one of the main income sources for the game, and provides most of the ingredients for [[Cooking|cooking]].
To plant crops the player must first till a patch of soil using a [[Hoes|hoe]]. If [[Fertilizer]] is to be used, it should be placed before planting the seed. Unless it is raining, the crop must be watered each day to grow. This can be done with the [[Watering Can]] or [[Sprinklers]]. If the player fails to water crops for a day the crop will not die, but it will not grow that day, delaying the harvest date. When harvestingthe crop has been watered for the required number of days it can be harvested. Most crops can be harvested simply by picking them up by hand, you but [[Kale]], [[Wheat]] and [[Amaranth]] can stand only be harvested using the [[Scythe]]. Standing in the center of a 3x3 square of harvestable crops and hold holding the right mouse button, then move moving the mouse over the crops to , will harvest them more quickly.
==[[File:Farming_Skill_Icon.png|32px]] Farming Skill==
The farming skill level can be viewed in the skill tab of the pause menu. Each level grants +1 [[Skills#Proficiency|proficiency]] to the [[Hoes|Hoe]] and [[Watering Cans|Watering Can]], which reduces the energy cost of using the tools. Higher farming skill also increases the chance to obtain quality crops.
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The amount of experience gained from harvesting crops varies from crop to crop, with slower growing and more expensive crops giving more experience upon harvest. Crops that yield multiple produce per harvest, such as [[blueberry]], [[Cranberries|cranberry]], or [[potato]], only reward experience for the first product and do not offer any extra experience for the multiples.
Petting a farm animal, milking a cow or goat, shearing a sheep, or picking up an animal product inside a coop or barn gives 5 experience points each. (Picking up [[Truffle]]s gives [[Foraging]] experience rather than Farming experience.)
To level up farming from level 0 to 1, it takes 12 parsnips, or 8 potatoes, or 5 cauliflowers. From level 0 to 2, it takes about 48 parsnips, or 28 potatoes, or 17 cauliflower plants.
